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- E. J. Hodgson
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Edward Jarvis Hodgson was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, 29 July 1840. After studying law, he became a barrister in 1862 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1879. He completed work for the Prince Edward Island railway and other federal government departments between 1882 and approximately 1889. From 1891 until 1910, he was Master of the Rolls and an Assistant Judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Prince Edward Island, and from 1896 until his death in 1911, Chancellor of King's College University.
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He is buried in St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery in Charlottetown, PE
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He promoted the building of a new church as a Chapel of Ease to St. Paul's and supported its building financially. He was appointed by Bishop Binney as one of the original trustees in1872.
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The biographical information used for this authority record comes from the authority record found in the Archives PEI database, at http://www.archives.pe.ca/atom/index.php/hodgson-edward-jarvis.